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NEW DELHI: After dialogue with the protestors against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant failed to yield results, the government initiated steps to throttle the fund flow, especially from foreign donors, into the NGOs suspected of actively aiding and abetting the resistance movement that has delayed the commissioning of the two …
The Union Government will take steps to commission the stalled Koodankulam nuclear power plant ‘as early as possible’, Union Minister of State in the PMO V. Narayanasamy said on Sunday, adding it was incurring a Rs. 750 crore loss per month by lying idle. "In coordination with the Tamil Nadu …
While appealing to the Tamil Nadu Government to cooperate with the Centre in ensuring the early commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has warned that those acting against the nation's welfare and development with funding of foreign agencies would have to face stern action. …
Congress to conduct awareness meetings across Tamil Nadu While appealing to Chief Minister Jayalalithaa to cooperate with the Central Government to ensure the early commissioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president B.S. Gnanadesikan said the Congress will conduct awareness meetings across the State to mobilise …
The Karnataka government has informed the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) that it has prepared a proposal for upgrading the infrastructure facilities in villages close to the Kaiga Atomic Power Plant in Uttar Kannada district. The NDMA, an unit under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, had carried out mock …
THOOTHUKUDI: In what is being dubbed as an attempt to muzzle the anti-Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) movement, the Union Home Ministry has begun an ‘audit’ of foreign funds received by six non-Governmental organisations, all linked to the protestors. Top sources in the Central Government told Express that two senior …
The successfully concluded $8.48-billion Cairn-Vedanta deal has come “under cloud” following instances of serious human rights violations, default of payment, environmental damage in its mining and metal projects in India, as pointed by the Internal Security section of the Home Ministry against Vedanta and its group of companies. Following the …
The minister of state for science and technology and earth sciences, Mr. Ashwini Kumar, on Sunday said that the controversial Mullaperiyar dam was ‘safe’ and all steps were being taken to ensure its ‘fullest and most comprehensive security’. The minister’s statement comes in the wake of the submission of preliminary …
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced a Rs 700 crore package to provide immediate succour to cyclone Thane ravaged areas as authorities stepped up relief work and efforts to bring back normalcy. The amount is in addition to Rs 150 crore released for immediate relief work, including putting …
The Centre has decided to roll out a revised anti-Naxal action plan for states battling Left-wing extremism, marking a shift from the bullet approach towards building a holistic plan to protect the rights of tribals and forest-dwellers and improve grassroots policing. The action plan drawn up by the Union home …
Relief operations shifted gears in cyclone-ravaged Cuddalore district and Puducherry on Sunday as traffic resumed on arterial roads and efforts mounted for restoring electricity and supply of essential items even as the death toll increased to 47. Major roads which remained blocked due to uprooted trees and debris dumped by …
Mullaperiyar Special Cell chairman M.K. Parameswaran Nair has said Saturday's inspection of the dam, carried out by the members of the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee (EC), is disappointing to Kerala. He was talking to mediapersons on returning to the boat landing station at Thekkady, near here, after accompanying EC members …
Union Minister Vayalar Ravi on Sunday slammed his colleague and Home Minister P. Chidambaram for his remarks on the Mullaperiyar Dam, calling them as “unfortunate” and said they only showed his “political immaturity.” Mr. Ravi, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister and senior Congress leader from Kerala, said he was “disappointed” at …
Lok Sabha on Monday passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (special provision) second bill, 2011. Replying to the debate on the bill, Union urban development minister Kamal Nath promised to prepare a visionary plan that will take into account the requirements for the next 25 years. Conceding that …
The Home Ministry has given its approval to London-listed miner Vedanta Resources' buying majority stake in Cairn India for $8.7 billion. The Home Ministry, while giving the security no-objection certificate (NOC), highlighted eight areas of concern, including 64 legal proceedings against Vedanta and its subsidiaries in various courts, sources privy …
The Kerala government on Monday gave an undertaking to the Centre that it would continue to provide the same quantum of water to Tamil Nadu, as is being given now, if a new dam was constructed in the place of the existing 116-year old Mullai Periyar dam in the Idukki …
Protests are mounting in Kerala over the Mullaperiyar dam issue. Hundreds of people living downstream of the dam took to the streets and blocked the Kottayam-Kattappana road at Karinkulam Chappathu on Sunday. Spontaneous protests were mounted in many parts of Idukki district, including Kumily, as the water level in the …
Sheila writes to Haryana to resume work on Munak Delhi has sent yet another reminder to Haryana asking it to complete work on the long-pending Munak Canal. A simmering issue between the two States, the canal has been delayed for a long time for various reasons, mostly to do with …
A six-member Central Government team will start its visit to Himachal tomorrow for assessing the damage to public property due to the monsoon this year. The team will first assess the damage to public property in Kangra district. The Kangra district authorities have submitted a report of damage worth Rs …
The ongoing talks with the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Issac-Muivah) has entered a crucial stage with the Union home ministry ready to grant Nagaland the status of a special category state, and offer it control over Naga-dominated areas of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh through independent Naga councils. With …